Scribbled Puffer (species: Arothron mappa) in Lizard Island area: all known taxa (Lizard Island Field Guide)
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Arothron mappa
Scribbled Puffer


©Anne Hoggett: Arothron mappa at Osprey Islet, Lizard Island.

©Mark Shepherd: Arothron mappa in a crevice at Lizard Island

©Anne Hoggett: Arothron mappa about 60 cm long at No Name Reef near Lizard Island

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Tetraodontiformes
Family Tetraodontidae
Genus Arothron
Species Arothron mappa

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Lizard Island Field Guide
Lizard Island area: all known taxa

Colours

              

Distinguishing features

Grey with dark reticulate markings. Lines radiate from eye.

Size

  • Up to 60 cm (Length)

Depth range

  • Depth range data is not yet available.

Synonyms

Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

Local abundance

  • Lizard Island: Not commonly seen

Web resources

References

References that assist with identification

  • Allen, G., R. Steene, P. Humann and N. Deloach (2003). Reef fish identification: Tropical Pacific New World Publications Inc., Jacksonville, FL, USA.

Other references

  • Bray, R.A., T.H. Cribb and J.-L. Justine (2010). Diploproctodaeum sp(p). (Digenea, Lepocreadiidae) in Australian and New Caledonian waters including two new species from Tetraodontiformes and new records of related species, Acta Parasitologica, 55: 313-326. LIRS catalog number 1315.
  • Jabbar, A., A. Asnoussi, L.J. Norbury, A. Eisenbarth, S. Shamsi, R.B. Gasser, A.L. Lopata and I. Beveridge (2012). Larval anisakid nematodes in teleost fishes from Lizard Island, northern Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Marine and Freshwater Research, 63: 1283-1299. LIRS catalog number 1584.